I agree with you Kwaka and I like the sentiments in the Indian and Welsh anthems. We need something similar to represent England. England is not one person - i.e. a king or queen. It is an ideal, a people from many walks of life, a beautiful country as are Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Sorry Raj I ca...

bgaltd wrote:

eboswan wrote:Why not.....god save the queen is a little boring...you need something a little more uplifting

it most certainly isn't ......

It most certainly is!

A National Anthem needs to be about the country not an individual.

If next year passes a quick as this 1 seems to have, i will be looking back at the things i should have done rather than what I actually did. Kevin This is the most realistic answer. I'll give some examples - a) I was going to have a new bathroom in 7 years ago, it happens next year! b) It must be ...

Aye truly awful. I thank my lucky stars I am not in a flood zone. When it hoys it down in bucket loads my house is the only one in the street in a bad position. If the road is a torrent it pours over the pavement, down my drive and gathers as a substantial puddle sometimes under my bay window. Somet...

Thanks for that.

Here we are a Wikipedia article on the House including a picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House ... erry_Built

The reason I ask is because I have a penchant for old period literature particularly from the twenties and thirties. Timmytree also knows of my shared love of HV Morton, a travel writer and journalist from that period - probably the first, did you know, to travel round by car describing his journeys...

Crazy isn't it. I've been wandering around outdoors in shirt sleeves today.

Have a good 'un

Yet another example of why not to buy online aside? Use them or lose them is my adage and I'd rather pay over the odds with a reputable or local company than risk this kind of situation. If things go wrong you can go back and bollock them! I don't want local shops large or small to disappear either ...

Well given my lawn is still growing up here on the North East coast I aim to cut it on New Years Eve. Crazy. The roses are looking good too on one of the standard rose bushes - a lovely deep red. The sprouts haven't tasted as good this year as no frost nor the parsnips - somehow a frost enhances the...